Greetings
Blues Friends,
You can now view the recently aired PBS/"Oregon
Art Beat" video segment with Hawkeye (Blues In The Schools
program/residency) and students (at Eagle Rock Elem., Eagle Point,
OR) on youtube.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obKkCbB_7Ek
The previous version of this video was
somewhat edited ... this is the complete segment ... but is still
brief, at only about 9 minutes long.
(The end credits ... with the children
singing and dancing is the really 'feel good'/ favorite part).
I do hope you'll take a few moments to
check it out. Very much appreciated.
Thanks so much for your time and blues
educational consideration.
Cheers and Best Wishes,
Hawkeye Herman
- www.HawkeyeHerman.com
Iowa Blues Hall of Fame (2004)
Blues Foundation's 1998 "Keeping The Blues Alive" Award
recipient for achievement in education (Hawkeye has presented
his in-school blues program for 30 years, in over 500 schools
(all levels), in 22 states, 5 countries, and to over 1/2 million
students ... and more to come.)
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... also:
Victory Music - The Northwest's
Acoustic Music Magazine
Dec. 2007
Michael "Hawkeye" Herman:
Live In Concert Topaz Productions DVD-0200 www.hawkeyeherman.com
Longtime Northwest favorite, by
way of the Quad Cities (IA/IL), Hawkeye Herman is here captured
on video for those who haven’t had the chance to see him
in person. Understand, seeing him in person ought to be a personal
priority, because Hawkeye is a captivating performer. He’s
a Blues guitar master, having grown up just in time to learn from
the original ghoats back in the Windy City, then move to the San
Francisco Bay Area in the late ‘60s to absorb the nascent
West Coast Blues, and he tells this story while demonstrating
those styles.
Hawkeye is a master storyteller, too, and much of his show is
chatting and spinning yarns over some chords, like a long, streaming
talkin’ blues. He’s erudite and very funny, with a
droll delivery and an expressive mug, but under the fun there’s
also a passionate social activist. His rap is laced with political
barbs and wry commentary, and the concluding piece on this video
is his take on Hurricane Katrina. He’s a man with a message,
and one remarkable discovery the viewer will make is that this
DVD, in addition to being great entertainment, is pretty instructional,
too – you learn a lot of history and politics, plus you
can see his fingers and frets clearly enough to cop some licks!
The production quality is modest, with a slight graininess and
a single-camera view enlivened by occasional zooms, but who needs
to count the hairs in his beard from every angle? The sound is
fine, the performances are marvelous (there are two hour-long
shows here, plus the Katrina video), and you’ll want to
watch it again and again. (Tom Petersen)
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You can see/hear many of the songs on the new Hawkeye DVD for
free at; http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Hawkeye
Order here:
http://www.hawkeyeherman.com/blues_shop.htm
